Gang of Four - Solid Gold
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Artist: Gang of FourEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-05-03
Music Label: EMI Europe Generic
Soundtracks:
- Paralysed - Gang of Four, Gill, Andrew
- What We All Want - Gang of Four, Allen, Dave [2]
- Why Theory? - Gang of Four, Allen, Dave [2]
- If I Could Keep It for Myself - Gang of Four, Gang Of Four
- Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time - Gang of Four, Gang Of Four
- Cheeseburger - Gang of Four, Allen, Dave [2]
- The Republic - Gang of Four, Gill, Andrew
- In the Ditch - Gang of Four, Gang Of Four
- A Hole in the Wallet - Gang of Four, Gill, Andrew
- He'd Send in the Army - Gang of Four, Gang Of Four
- To Hell with Poverty! - Gang of Four, Allen, Dave [2]
- Capital (It Fails Us Now) - Gang of Four, Gill, Andrew
- History's Bunk! - Gang of Four, Gill, Andrew
- Cheeseburger - Gang of Four, Allen, Dave [2]
- What We All Want - Gang of Four, AAllen, Dave
Free Music Notes for Solid Gold
Free Music Review: one of the 80s finest musical hours
Hit: 5 Stars
When I saw the Gang of Four perform live in the early 80s, bassist Dave Allen, a brilliant musician, was, sadly, gone, though in his place was a fairly decent replacement, Sara Lee. The Go4 were true post-punk progressives, who sought to elevate women rock musicians as the equals of men, at a time when this was still a novel concept. In fact, the Gang of Four's progressivism was partly the result of the earthshaking consequences of 1970s British punk, of which this band was definitely a part (their first recording - the Damaged Goods EP - was released in 1978, still the punk heyday). Their progressivism was also a result of their university education in philosophy, and specifically, in the neo-marxist critical theory of scholars like Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse, and Antonio Gramsci, all of whose work informs the Gang's lyrical content and sensibilities. But these were also smart young men, loaded with talent, living in a world in which they felt alienated. Seeing them live was great! They rocked, and they connected with the audience, a large gathering of mostly Americans who were deeply in to them. And lead singer John King certainly had the funky white guy thing going on, as he was constantly in motion on stage, as guitarist Andy Gill riffed away, fearlessly and energetically.
Here, on Solid Gold, mixing punk, postpunk, funk, dance, and just a bit of free jazz, the Gang of Four wildly succeed in producing one of the 80s finest musical hours. The key to this record are probably the tight rhythms which the band produces. In fact, the bass lines here are anything but simple, whereas the guitar lines are effectively simple, and sharply rhythmic. Also, the band's messages are a bit less cryptic and thus a bit clearer than on Entertainment, which seemed so immersed in social theory (though, of course, this recording has a song called Why Theory?, about praxis, with the clever split of the vocals between King and Gill). The messages of song's like Capital (It Fails Us Now), History's Bunk!, and If I Could Keep It For Myself are pointedly clear, not to mention very insightful.
One other observation. This has some of this band's best, and best known, songs, including What We All Want (which they've recently re-recorded), In The Ditch, Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time, and To Hell With Poverty.
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